Flow winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar came as a bit of a surprise last year for a few reasons. Not only did it beat two highly grossing films—Pixar’s Inside Out 2 and DreamWorks Animation ’s The Wild Robot —the dialogue-free film about a cat’s survival in a post-apocalyptic world further proved that animation isn’t just for children.

Beyond that, the Latvian film showed that voters are looking for something new and unique, not just whatever seems to gain the most popularity. This year has an interesting assortment of frontrunners, from new properties like Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters to highly anticipated sequels like Disney’s Zootopia 2 .

KPop Demon Hunters , directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, follows K-pop girl group Huntr/x, who are secretly demo

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